Last week, when I was blogging about The Restaurant‘s chef Donnie Masterton bringing Cinco de Mayo to Toronto, I wrote, “Should I be worried that the guy I consider the best chef in our little town…might want to spread his wings and head back to a...

(With special thanks to photographer Marshall Postnikoff who took some of the shots…the good ones) You know what I like about Cinco de Mayo? It’s an adult event. Unlike any other, except maybe New Year’s Eve. Call me selfish if you want. Don...

With huge thanks to photographers Yannis Jan Dettingmeijer, Richard Smerdon and Philippe Visintini. Though I’ve been called a real winner a few times in my life, I’ve never really won much in my life. Particularly in sports. I made my little league...

Did you notice anything different about the sound of the rooster? Did you notice it wasn’t the typical call of a San Miguel rooster? The kind of cock-a-doodle-do that could wake up Rip Van Winkle at 5:00 am from six blocks away. No, that was the sound of a...

I couldn’t believe it came out of Don Day’s Wife’s mouth. It wasn’t like I hadn’t heard the word before. Just not in such a personal way. Or quite in that context. I thought I knew what the word meant. I thought it had something to do...

I couldn’t help thinking about a commercial from the late seventies, when my world revolved around advertising. Red Rose Tea was a strictly Canadian brand and their catch line, “Only in Canada, you say? Pity!” was one I so wished I’d written....